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   Copyright 2006 The Apache Software Foundation 

   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at

       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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*/
package org.apache.batik.dom.svg;

import org.w3c.dom.smil.ElementTimeControl;
import org.w3c.dom.svg.SVGElement;

/**
 * Context class for SVG animation elements to support extra methods.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:cam%40mcc%2eid%2eau">Cameron McCormack</a>
 * @version $Id$
 */
public interface SVGAnimationContext extends SVGContext, ElementTimeControl {

    /**
     * <b>DOM</b>: Implements {@link SVGAnimationElement#getTargetElement()}.
     */
    SVGElement getTargetElement();

    /**
     * <b>DOM</b>: Implements {@link SVGAnimationElement#getStartTime()}.
     */
    float getStartTime();

    /**
     * <b>DOM</b>: Implements {@link SVGAnimationElement#getCurrentTime()}.
     */
    float getCurrentTime();

    /**
     * <b>DOM</b>: Implements {@link SVGAnimationElement#getSimpleDuration()}.
     * With the difference that an indefinite simple duration is returned as
     * {@link TimedElement.INDEFINITE}, rather than throwing an exception.
     */
    float getSimpleDuration();
}
